[Event "Match"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1935.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Watkinson, A. Panton"]
[Black "Graf, Sonja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch defence"]
[EventDate "1935.02.??"]
[Source "Evening Herald 2 Mar 1935 p8"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.21"]
[Entry "David McAlister"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2025-08/watkinson-graf--1935.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri Aug 22 17:01:13 2025"]

{ Annotator: Anon., <em>Evening Herald</em>. } { Source: <em>Evening
Herald</em>, March 2, 1935 p. 8. } { This bright specimen of Fraulein
Graf's style has come along. Mr Watkinson, although he has not been
figuring in matches of latter years, is still looked upon as one of the
Dublin Chess Club's strongest players. The game was one of three played by
him in a match with Sonja." (Evening Herald, 2nd March 1935, page 8) }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bb5 Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. a3 O-O 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nde2 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+
14. Kh1 { &#91;RR Here the source confusingly gives "14. K-Kt sq Q-R5 ch
And mates on the move," So did White play 14. Kh1 or 14.Kg1? } ({ If White
had played } 14. Kg1 { then there would be no immediate mate after } 14...
Qh4 { because of } 15. Re1 { but after } 15... Qh2+ 16. Kf1 Qh1+ 17. Ng1
Nh2+ 18. Ke2 Bg4+ { Black would have an overwhelming attack. }) { Looking
at the other two responses to 13... Ng4+: } (14. Kh3 { wins White's Queen
after } 14... Nxf2+ ({ or } 14... Nxe3+ { which also allows for the
possibility of a quick checkmate if White chooses } 15. Kg3 Qg5+ 16. Kf3 ({
or } 16. Kh2 Qxg2#) 16... Ne5#)) ({ However } 14. Kg3 { gives White a
chance of surviving. After } 14... Qg5 { (threatening 15...Ne3+ and Qxg2
mate) } 15. f4 Qg6 16. Bd3 f5 17. Kf3 { , although Black has a strong
attack, there is no clear win immediately in sight.&#93; }) 14... Qh4+ {
and, of course, it is checkmate "on the move". } 0-1